《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

D(2025·福建厦门第一中学期中)
Anxiety has followed me around like a lost dog looking for a bone for years now. I feel it the most strongly when I'm worried about my health or my daughter's health. I feel an unusual sensation and all of a sudden: panic! My worries are not limited to health concerns though, and they go in the direction of anxiety about the future of the world, worries about my finances, and fears that I'm not good enough.
Let me go back a few decades, back to when anxiety wasn't part of my life. When I was a child, I loved art. I drew and I coloured because that's what I enjoyed. I went to college to become an art teacher. When I finished school in May of 2001, I had a part - time design job, and after the event of September 11th, 2001, I knew I needed to travel, to get out of the safe life I was living in my hometown. That's when my creative practices fell by the wayside.
Luckily, after the birth of my daughter in 2014, the desire to create came back. At first, I was using a tiny corner of a bedroom in our rental house to paint. Eventually we bought a house, and I had the space to spread out, ready to paint whenever the urge struck. That's when I started noticing something important: Painting stilled me in a way that nothing else did. It eased my fears and anxieties in a way other practice (deep breathing, etc) did not, at least not as consistently. When anxious thoughts start, I know what to do. I head into my studio, grab some materials, and start creating. Soon enough, the worries are gone and instead my mind is quiet.
I think the reason why painting is so helpful for my anxiety is that, in order for me to be anxious, I have to be worrying about the future and what it holds. When I'm doing an activity that requires my full concentration, I have to be in the moment. It doesn't matter if you're artistic. The only thing that matters is finding a way to be here, in the now, instead of in the unknowable future.
32. 新考法 Which word can best describe the writer in Paragraph 1?
A. Cautious.
B. Insecure.
C. Considerate.
D. Impatient.
33. When did the writer give up on art temporarily?
A. After her daughter was born.
B. When she studied in college.
C. When she was still a little child.
D. After some big event happened.
34. How does painting relieve the writer's anxiety?
A. Painting makes her stay in a place.
B. Colours of painting calm her down.
C. Painting is a very creative activity.
D. Painting makes less room for worries.
35. What can we learn from the story?
A. What is important is to seize the moment.
B. Anxiety may sometimes be beneficial to life.
C. It is necessary to learn some art in childhood.
D. Painting is the best way to ease people's mind.

答案： 32.B 33.D 34.D 35.A